KJV:
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
NASB:
For a harlot is a deep pit And an adulterous woman is a narrow well.
KJV:
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
NASB:
A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad, But he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.
KJV:
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
NASB:
How the faithful city has become a harlot, She who was full of justice! Righteousness once lodged in her, But now murderers.
KJV:
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
NASB:
Now in that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:
KJV:
Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
NASB:
Take your harp, walk about the city, O forgotten harlot; Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs, That you may be remembered.
KJV:
And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
NASB:
It will come about at the end of seventy years that the LORD will visit Tyre. Then she will go back to her harlot's wages and will play the harlot with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.
KJV:
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
NASB:
"But come here, you sons of a sorceress, Offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute.
KJV:
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
NASB:
"For long ago I broke your yoke And tore off your bonds; But you said, 'I will not serve!' For on every high hill And under every green tree You have lain down as a harlot.
KJV:
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
NASB:
God says, "If a husband divorces his wife And she goes from him And belongs to another man, Will he still return to her? Will not that land be completely polluted? But you are a harlot with many lovers; Yet you turn to Me," declares the LORD.
KJV:
The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
NASB:
Then the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king, "Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there.